Rudolf Brown v. David Miller, Superintendent of Eastern Correctional Facility

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Rudolf Brown (“Brown”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Leonard B. Sand, J.) denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Brown challenges his state-court conviction on the ground that he was (1) denied the right to present a witness in his defense in violation of the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment, (2) denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel, and (3) sentenced in violation of his Sixth…